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The latest AJ focuses on the work of Groupwork + Amin Taha including an interview with its founder, a full timeline of the practice’s work, and building studies of two mixed-use projects in Islington: the controversially stone-fronted 15 Clerkenwell Close and a residential/retail block at 168 Upper Street. PLUS Will architects cut down on concrete after a report says it is responsible for 8 per cent of global CO2 emissions; ...

In the letter, he described the project as ‘mediocre and soulless’ and suggested the scheme, alongside its sister scheme in Wirral, ‘represents an out-dated model of global property development that was discredited once the credit crunch began to bite.’

He added: ‘Notions of building not just a “Dubai” but an “Abu Dhabi” on either side of the River Mersey are surely fanciful’.

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